Questions tagged [on-screen-keyboard]

For programming questions about creating or using an on-screen keyboard (a virtual keyboard displayed on the screen), including osk.exe included with Windows.

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Windows On Screen Keyboard(osk.exe) freezes on mouse down on OSK title bar

I have one C++ application which converts touch events to mouse input. I'm using SendInput API to send mouse events on a Windows 7 (32/64-bit) system. For allowing users to enter characters in applications I am using the built-in Windows on-screen…
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Keyboard layout definition files

For Various reasons i want to write my own onscreen keyboard for use in a tochscreen application. I have to support around 25 different languages, including Russian, Gree, Japanese (Hiragana/Katakana) and most of the european countries. The keyboard…
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WPF Development for Windows 8 Pro Tablet

I'm trying to design a WPF desktop application for a Windows 8 Pro tablet device. I don't want a windows store application because of the limitations within RT. So, I'm really having trouble using the built in touch screen keyboard. Do anybody know…
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XAML TextBox inside Popup gets hidden by on screen keyboard

In my metro application, I have a page full of TextBoxes that are laid out vertically inside a StackPanel. Normally, when the user clicks one of the bottom textboxes, the page automatically scrolls upwards so that the focused textbox is not…
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LoadKeyboardLayout does not change the UI of On screen keyboard

I have activated the Windows On screen keyboard for my application and changed the keyboard layout to Tamil before displaying the onscreen keyboard, using the following code: Private Const KLF_ACTIVATE As Integer = 1 Dim oskProcess As…
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MFC on screen keyboard when focusing editable control

I want to do a thing conceptually simple as this: For every control that accepts keyboard input(CEdit, CCombobox with Editable text, etc.), when the control is focused and enabled, make the On Screen Keyboard appear. Preferably with accessibility…
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How does one catch the onsize event (or equal) for android

I'm attempting to react to a size change in my app. Or more specifically I'm trying to figure out when the keyboard shows up. I've tried @Override ... onSizeChanged() of the main windows (a RelativeLayout view extension) It gets called when I…
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How do I resize my view to duck the iPad's keyboard?

I'm presenting a view in a modal form sheet. It works, but the keyboard blocks the lower half of the screen in landscape (and a small portion of the screen in portrait). How do I compensate for the keyboard on the iPad? The UI is basically a large…
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How to trigger the On-Screen-Keyboard in Windows 7 by clicking on an input?

Well, I'd like to show up the On-Screen-Keyboard when the user clicks onto any control which needs a text-input. System-wide. The reason: I am using a touchscreen for some projects I've been working on and needed to open the On-Screen-Keyboard…
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How to suppress iPad's Previous/next buttons from on screen keyboard in PhoneGap

I am using PhoneGap to make an iPad app. When the user has an external keyboard and types in a field, most the on screen keyboard stays hidden. There are no key caps visible but the band at the top of the keyboard which has two buttons "Previous"…
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Enable Windows 7 Soft Keyboard only for Logon Screen

I have developed my own Softkeyboard that I user for programs running on Windows 7 in a touch-only environment. However, for User-Logon I'd like to use the Microsoft Onscreen Keyboard. Is it possible to automatically enable the Windows Onscreen…
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Opening a .exe with Silverlight

Im trying to get silverlight to open the OnscreenKeyboard. I wrote a code but it is throwing a System.InvalidOperationException. try { HtmlPage.Window.Eval("var myshell = new ActiveXObject( 'WScript.shell' ); myshell.run( '" +…
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Create a .dll from a Silverlight Web Application

I programmed a Virtual Keyboard (On Screen Keyboard) as a Silverlight Web Application, now I want to use this Keyboard in an other Silverlight Application (call the Keyboard when clicking a Textbox). I thought I could create a .dll and use this in…
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How to get an input to reposition smoothly when the keyboard appears in a Ionic+Capacitor app

I'm working on a Ionic app that includes a chat. Very early on, I've ran into something that is makig me question my choice of technology. As most chat apps, I have a text input at the bottom of the page for the user to input their message. When the…
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WinUI 3 + WebView2: On-screen keyboard does not appear

I am creating an application in WinUI 3 with WebView2 according to this example. It has some user interface and space to display web pages. The app will run on a kiosk without a keyboard and mouse, just a touch screen. As OSK we use the proven Hot…